Laurel Municipal
6S8 · Laurel, Montana · Yellowstone County · map
Laurel Municipal is a public-use airport owned by Airport Authority, 2 miles north of Laurel, Montana, 3,543 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 04/22, is 5,199 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 6S8
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Airport Authority
- Elevation
- 3,543 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm; weekends, intermittant
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Billings sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 14E
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1954
Runways 3
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 5,199 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 14/32 | 3,002 × 60 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 09/27 | 1,100 × 60 ft | Grass, fair |
- Runway 04: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 22: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 14: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 32: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.05 | · Automated UNICOM |
| Approach and departure | 119.2 | |
| Approach and departure | 120.5 | |
| 6S8 AWOS-3 | 135.05 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 406-628-9867.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Laurel from the FAA register
35 aircraft are registered to owners in Laurel, Montana: 26 piston singles, 3 piston twins, 3 helicopters, 2 business jets, 1 turboprop. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Montana.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 21 since 1982, 1 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Activate PAPI runway 04 and 22 and 14 and 32; medium-intensity runway lights runway 04/22 and 14/32 - the common traffic frequency.
- Automated UNICOM
- 09/27 marker cones full runway length.
- Numerous deer and antelope on and in the vicinity of of runway.
- Runway 09/27 not maintained durg winter.
- Intmt snow REMOVAL- be alert during winter months.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.